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<p>This menu item <a href="delete.htm">deletes</a> selected files and folders, 
but does <b>not</b> send them to the Windows Recycle Bin.&nbsp; This is not a <i>
secure</i> delete; see <a href="../mnu_actions/destroy_files.htm">Destroy 
File(s)...</a> for secure deletion of files.</p>
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    <td><b><font color="#0000FF" size="3">Info:</font></b> Files and folders 
    deleted by Windows are not really removed (immediately) from the file 
    system.&nbsp; Instead, the <i>File Allocation Table</i> (FAT16 and FAT32 
    file systems) or <i>Master File Table</i> (NTFS) is marked indicating that 
    the file has been deleted, and its entry is cleared.&nbsp; The disk space 
    occupied by the file is declared free for use, but the actual file data is 
    not immediately removed.&nbsp; It can, however, be over-written; once that 
    occurs, the file is usually unrecoverable, except possibly in part, by 
    recovery utilities such as
    <a class="EXTlnk" target="_blank" title="http://www.piriform.com/recuva" href="http://www.piriform.com/recuva">
    Recuva</a>, a freeware product by Piriform.</td>
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